“I am determined to remove my uniform once we correct these pillars — the judiciary, the

“I am determined to remove my uniform once we correct these pillars — the judiciary, the executive and the parliament.”

Gen. Pervez Musharraf

Pakistan’s president, on his declaration of emergency rule. Musharraf placed the Supreme Court’s chief justice and justices under house arrest and supended the Constitution.

“Their lights will not be diminished by this experience.”

Oprah Winfrey

At her school for disadvantaged South African girls, which was rocked by scandal.

“Hey, hey, pencils down! Hollywood’s a union town!”

Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Who joined striking Hollywood writers in chanting outside Warner Bros. studios in Burbank, Calif.